This is what 94,000 words of a manuscript look like. It’s surprisingly heavy:

I have cheated a bit because this thing is rife with notes in the copy like THIS MAKES NO SENSE! and EXPOSITION!! Plus there’s at least one chapter that still needs to be written from scratch once I get a better overview and weed out much repetition. But I’m happy to call this a first draft.
It’s great to feel that progress is again being made. Now to find enough red pens in the house to accommodate all the correcting I’ll be doing for the foreseeable future, though I really hope I’m on some kind of home stretch at long last.

There’s a thing on Twitter where writers list five things that feature in their WIP. So here are five things that crop up in Fundamental Things, as it’s currently called:
- Ghost estates
- Seagulls
- Fred Astaire
- Stale Bourbon Creams
- ABBA
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This is fantastic Anne. Now that you’ve trapped it on paper you can wrestle with it and tame it. Just a little!
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I am ready and willing to do battle, Laura!
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Well done Anne, Am wildly jealous over here in sunny West Cork. I’ve been wrestling with a different species of pesky little things. Namely weeds. Take care.
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The amount of growth so far this summer has been unbelievable. Hope to see you soon, Mary Rose
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Congrats, Anne! So inspired. I am so excited for this book!
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I am excited to be finished with it at this stage, Annie 🙂
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